Virginia Senate Bill 1136 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 2 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-22 - Left in Commerce and Energy
Pending: House Commerce and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Wage or salary history inquiries prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits a prospective employer from (i) seeking the wage or salary history of a prospective employee; (ii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in determining the wages or salary the prospective employee is to be paid upon hire; (iii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in considering the prospective employee for employment; (iv) refusing to interview, hire, employ, or promote a prospective employee or otherwise retaliating against a prospective employee for not providing wage or salary history; (v) failing or refusing to provide a prospective employee the wage or salary range for the position for which the prospective employee is applying prior to discussing compensation and at any time upon the prospective employee's request; and (vi) failing to set a wage or salary range in good faith. The bill establishes a cause of action for an aggrieved prospective employee or employee and provides that an employer that violates such prohibitions is liable to the aggrieved prospective employee or employee for statutory damages between $1,000 and $10,000 or actual damages, whichever is greater; reasonable attorney fees and costs; and any other legal and equitable relief as may be appropriate. The bill also provides for civil penalties for violations not to exceed $1,000 for a first violation, $2,000 for a second violation, and $4,000 for a third or subsequent violation.

Wage or salary history of prospective employees; prohibition on employer seeking history.

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]	Sen. Barbara Favola [D]	Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]
Sen. Mamie Locke [D]

2023-02-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N) (Y: 4 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N) (Y: 20 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (12-Y 3-N) (Y: 12 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-22	House	Left in Commerce and Energy
2023-02-16	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N)
2023-02-13	House	Assigned sub: Special Subcommittee #5
2023-02-08	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-02-08	House	Read first time
2023-02-08	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-03	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N)
2023-02-02	Senate	Engrossed bill reprinted 23104186D-E
2023-02-02	Senate	Printed as engrossed 23104186D-E
2023-02-02	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1136E
2023-02-02	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2023-02-02	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2023-02-02	Senate	Read second time
2023-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-01-30	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (12-Y 3-N)
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2023-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104186D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	28.7:10	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1136
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1136+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1136E+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB1136AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1136F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1136FE122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S02V0067+SB1136
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0193SB1136+SB1136
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0227SB1136+SB1136
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H2305V0006+SB1136